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Inside This Week Council Authorizes Bond Sale of $6.55 Million The Falls Church City Council voted unanimously to authorize the sale of $6.55 million in bonds to cover a wide array of capital improvement and other expenses, with the exception of two items, it had approved earlier this year. See News Briefs, page 9

New ‘Mason Row’ Plans Coming to Council Sept. 8

F.C. Schools Top Region in Annual SOL Report Card, New Year Looms Football Scrimmage Friday, New Teacher Orientation Readied by Nicholas F. Benton

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The revised application by the Spectrum Development LLC group for its 4.3-acre Mason Row project at the intersection of N. West St. and W. Broad should come before the City Council for a public presentation at its next meeting on Sept. 8. See News Briefs, page 9

Paul Krugman: GOP Candidates & Obama’s Failure to Fail What did the men who would be president talk about during last week’s prime-time Republican debate? Well, there were 19 references to God, while the economy rated only 10 mentions. See page 12

Press Pass with Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Ben Jaffe, the 44-year-old creative director of Preservation Hall, readily admits that New Orleans has changed a lot in the almost 10 years since Hurricane Katrina. See page 22

Index

Editorial..................6 Letters..............6, 23 News & Notes.10-11 Comment........12-15 Calendar.........16-17 Business News....18

Food & Dining.20-21 Classified Ads .....24 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........25 Critter Corner.......26

OSCAR AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS Julianne Moore and Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen, both J.E.B. Stuart alums, have joined the movement to rename the Falls Church school named for a Confederate general. (Photo: Drew Costley)

J.E.B. Stuart Alums, Oscar Winners Join School Name Change Fight by Drew Costley

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Oscar Award-winning actress Julianne Moore and Oscar Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen, both alumni of J.E.B. Stuart High School, started a Change.org petition on Monday, Aug. 3, calling for the Fairfax County School Board to rename the Falls Church high school after Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice. Marshall, who lived in the

Lake Barcroft community in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County from 1968 until his death in 1993, was also the chief architect of the winning legal strategy in Brown v. Board of Education that led to the eventual end of legal segregation in America’s school system. “Not only was Marshall the first AfricanAmerican Supreme Court justice and a civil rights leader, he was our neighbor and a member of our community,” the petition reads. Moore, who went to Stuart

from 1975 – 1977, and Cohen, who graduated from Stuart in 1979, have been friends since their early teen years. Their petition, which is separate from the original petition calling for the Fairfax Couny School board to change the names of Stuart, Robert E. Lee High School and W.T. Woodson High Schools started by a group called Alumni for Change, has over 26,000 supporters. That’s compared to less than

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While the relatively privileged circumstances that many of the students in the Falls Church School System enjoy is credited with their collective top rate performance again this year in the annual Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) report, if you talk to the school system leadership, a lot of it is also due to extraordinary teaching efforts. Students in the small Falls Church system ranked first in the Northern Virginia region according to the annual SOL report issued Tuesday with a 92 percent pass rate for all students in reading, 86 percent for Loudoun County schools, 86 percent for Arlington, 85 percent for Fairfax and 83 percent for Stafford. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the poorest performing school systems were Manassas City at 72 percent, City of Alexandria at 71 percent and Manassas Park at 71 percent. But the emphasis of the report, as always, is on rates of improvement, and all the above-named schools, including Falls Church’s, showed increases in their pass rates. In reading, Falls Church improved by a single percentage point. In math scores, Falls Church City Schools came in best in the region there, too, with a pass rate at 90 percent, equal to last year, while Arlington County was 87 percent, Loudoun County 85 percent, Stafford County 84 percent, Fairfax County 83 percent and Culpepper County 82 percent, and Alexandria was at the bottom with 69 percent.

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F.C. Schools Shine in SOL Report, Prepare New Year

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Statewide, Falls Church was second in reading to the West Point Public Schools, a small system 45 minutes east of Richmond, and third behind West Point and Wise County Schools in math. Max Smith of the D.C. allnews radio station WTOP, citing a Census Bureau estimate that 74.4 percent of adults 25 and over living in the City have at least a bachelor’s degree, said many Falls Church students come from backgrounds that may help them succeed. By contrast, he noted, the Census Bureau estimates that only 26 percent of adults over 25 have bachelor’s degrees in Manassas Park.

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But Falls Church Schools Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones, in an interview with the News-Press yesterday, said that school policies have contributed to maintaining the high scores of students, including the introduction of personalized learning that impacts all the students equally, enabling them to read and write more, and interventions that target children with learning weaknesses to give them special assistance. Overall about the City schools’ SOL scores, Dr. Jones said, “I am delighted. Our staff and students have worked extremely hard, and it’s paying off.” It has involved staff, students and families, she said. “It is a community effort.”

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Meanwhile, the new school year, officially beginning on Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day, is fast approaching and already a lot is going on. Practicing since the first of the month, the George Mason High football team will host a scrimmage this Friday night against Brentsville, while the school’s golf team has been engaged in numerous competitions. Construction and renovation efforts at the Mt. Daniel Elementary School were stopped cold when the Fairfax County

Planning Commission deferred action on the City schools’ bid for its approval for the effort. It is due to come back to the Planning Commission on Sept. 17, and “we are continuing to do everything we can to make sure the commissioners have all the information they need and all their questions are answered in the meantime,” Dr. Jones said. Students will find Mt. Daniel exactly the same as they left it in June when they show up next month, she added. It will actually be cleaner, she added, as some

new carpet was put in to prepare for the work to begin. No change for this school year is now expected even if the Fairfax Planners give the thumbs up next month. In less than two weeks, on Monday, Aug. 24, new teachers will be welcomed with a special orientation followed by a bus tour of the City and lunch at a local restaurant, an annual tradition. Closer to the eve of the new school year, a convocation will be held at George Mason High on Tuesday, Sept. 1, one week before classes officially begin.

Moore, Cohen Join Push to Rename Stuart High Continued from Page 1

2,000 supporters for both the original petition and another started in opposition to changing the names of the three schools, two which are named after Confederate generals and another named after a Fairfax County superintendent who opposed the immediate integration of public schools.

Originally proposed by People Demanding Action, the push not only to remove Stuart’s name from the school, but to then replace it with Marshall’s name, is now being supported by the Alumni for Change, which is made up of former Stuart students, and Students for Change, which was started by the five rising seniors at the school. The rising seniors at Stuart

initiated the drive to rid Fairfax County Public Schools of names associated with the Confederacy and segregation after learning about the origin of their school’s name in a history class. Until recently, both the Alumni for Change and Students for Change groups only supported the removal of Stuart’s name from the school and did not propose any names to replace his.

Desperately Seeking Council Candidate… We are looking for a city council candidate/s who aligns with our views, which are: ✓ Quirky – Let’s keep Falls Church a little quirky. ✓ Small Schools – We like having a very small school system and don’t entirely agree with decisions including zoning exceptions that lead to a rapid increase in our school sizes. Small schools make Falls Church attractive and help preserve property values.

✓ Accessible – We like places like Mike’s Deli where we can park 10 feet from the door and go in for an ice cream. ✓ Hold onto our land - We are not sure it makes sense to sell 10 acres of our public school land to the real estate

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✓ Taxes - We have taken note that a decade of intensive development has been coincident with a significant increase in

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✓ Livable – We like less traffic, sufficient parks, sufficient fields for our kids, and we enjoy 60 foot trees more than 60 foot buildings. We liked Dave Eckert.

✓ Leave it better than you found it – We want to leave the next generation with a town that has character amidst the sprawling suburbia of Northern Virginia.

development complex. As a town, we have very limited land resources and we should anticipate a future where there is even more competition for public land and open space.

our property taxes while also stretching our capital budget capacity. Let’s examine our assumptions.

✓ Proud - We like Falls Church.

We want to see its character preserved, and we are not envious of Crystal City, Clarendon,

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IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE for city council and agree with some or all of these sentiments, then we would love to hear from you and support you.

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Hey! Wasn’t another large scale mixed use development project slated to go at the former Shreve Oil property by where N. Washington St. (Rt. 29) crosses Interstate 66? It was reported in 2012 that developer Mark Silverwood, who built the Westlee across the street, submitted plans to Arlington County (the property is just over the Arlington-Falls Church line) for a six-story, 228 unit apartment building with a 12,000 square foot grocery store. Then came the report in April 2013 that, having running afoul of the county’s Site Plan Review Committee in December, Silverwood introduced an alternative plan with five stories and 180 apartment units with a detached 2,000 square foot retail space, probably for a restaurant. So what gives now? What’s there today is a newly-constructed – get this! – public storage facility with the fetching name, Cube Smart, getting set to open soon. According to News-Press sources, what happened is any jurisdiction’s worst nightmare when undue obstruction, demands and delays drive a developer to distraction. The county, to put it mildly, blew it. It had an opportunity to extract huge sums of tax revenues and other proffers from the developer from the mixed use project, which required some zoning waivers from the county board. In this case, the patience of the developer simply wore out. He’d learned what kinds of net revenues he could derive from going with a “by right” construction of a storage project, and so he said “no thank you” to continued delays and demands from the county, and redrew the plans for that property with the storage use, which will yield almost nothing in tax revenues for the county but will be lucrative for the developer. For Arlington County, with its over 200,000 people and tons of development, already, the loss of a project like this is not exactly a catastrophe, but still a blow and a cause of great chagrin. Were something like this to happen in Falls Church, it would be far more significant. There have been times when developers have come close to running out of patience, taking their ball, going home, and coming back with a storage facility that they could build “by right,” requiring no approvals from the City, to make a lot of money. Citizens, even some members of the City Council in certain cases, have been out of the loop on times when this almost happened in Falls Church in recent years. Some on the Council just don’t seem to get it, that developers can simply give up on an idea. Of course, to some this would be a great outcome. But to more responsible folk, this would be a terrible outcome. When current tax yields on underdeveloped properties are measured against what a full mixed-use development build out would bring to the City coffers, it is unfathomable to us that serious citizens would try to kill such plans.

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Editor, Kudos to S.H. King and Kate Jefferson (Letters to the Editor, Falls Church News-Press August 6 edition) in not being in agreement with all the building going on in the City. Yes, three grocery stores in a small area seems way too much. I had written to the News-Press a few years ago when the Harris-Teeter and the condos were being thought of. You all may not have been in the area at

that time, but I also reminded City authorities that Harris-Teeter lasted two years in Fairfax City. The parking at that store was awful. I also had suggested that we rename the “Little City” to “Tysons 3,” just change the zip code! Also during all this growth there has been no whisper of extra parking. The parking at Giant can be very challenging at certain times of day or weekend. There are many people in the City who

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can only go in late afternoon or on the weekend. I am glad that Ms. Jefferson’s daughter likes the City, but if you moved here because of schools, Fairfax and Arlington counties have great schools also. Our children were schooled in Fairfax County for 12 years, feeder schools did not seem to bother them and as long as they did well, we were satisfied. The taxes are much higher in the City of Falls Church, which apparently does not bother the citizens of Falls Church. The worry that S.H. King has about the infrastructure is worrisome to all the residents. Many trees need trimming or taken out.

The new lights at Pennsylvania and Broad street have leaves blocking a red light. The “Congested City” is lurking! Barb Molino Falls Church

George Mason High Becoming More Crowded Editor, I am a local Boy Scout from Troop 895 in the City of Falls Church and a senior at George

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About a year ago, on one of our bright, blue sky Saturday mornings, I saw my neighbor across the street playing with his children on his front lawn. “It’s good here,” I said. Without a pause, he responded, “Yes. It is.” Now, he and his wife are serving our country as diplomats in a far-away land at the center of global controversy. I firmly believe this exchange accurately represents life here in the City of Falls Church. Our Community Our citizens are the real core of our City, many of whom serve the public in so many ways – defense, intelligence, diplomacy, development, education, media, law and medicine, to name just a few. Falls Church is still characterized by an incredibly rich fabric of community engagement by these impressive citizens, including on City boards and commissions covering the full range of municipal responsibilities and civic life, from planning to public safety, parks and the environment, arts, heritage and culture and human services. The City could not exist without these amazing contributions for the common welfare by so many of our citizens. It is a hallmark of our City that has not changed. Our Schools and General Government

Just this week, our schools again showed their merit with a number two statewide ranking for performance. Our school community of course deserves great credit – students, teachers, administrators and School Board. But in a very real sense this performance should be a source of pride for

“The development model followed over the past decade and a half has produced bene�its but also higher public service demands and costs.” everyone in our community, especially all taxpayers because, they make this performance possible. Our general government provides the full range of services that are necessary to support our citizens. For example, our police are intelligent and sensitive to their critical role and our employees generally do the maximum we can expect of them.

In return, our employees are comparably compensated and our pension system is 100 percent funded. Our Business Community Just this past week, we participated in ribbon cuttings which reflect our unique business community. One was a restaurant and the other a service business that can actually fix, and quickly, the electronic essentials of modern life such as smart phones. Our businesses not only provide the goods and services we need and significant tax revenues but can also always be counted on to support community activities. Our Future There are both challenges and opportunities. Residential developers remain highly interested in the City but our real need is to encourage commercial development that expands and deepens our commercial activities and tax base, with high quality commercial development. This is even more challenging than before due to the intense development surrounding us, including Tyson’s Corner. The development model followed over the past decade and a half has produced benefits but also higher public service demands and costs, as well as massive new building that sometimes does not reflect our City’s uniqueness. That is why some citizens are calling

for a community wide visioning exercise before we agree to more of the same. I support that idea and hope it can be done expeditiously. Financially, we are well positioned but critical decisions lie ahead, including school expansion and related development at the George Mason High School site. In addition, state policies such as the school funding formula and constraints on our ability to provide for our own security are unreasonably hostile to Falls Church. We are aware as well of the increasing concern over the tax burden. I will not sacrifice the quality of our schools and general government – what we do, we must do well. But the search needs to go on as to how to reduce the immediate tax burden for those on fixed incomes. And, pressure is intensifying from the West to pave over yet more of inside the beltway Northern Virginia, not really solving transportation issues even as it degrades our quality of life. The hope is that our regional engagement will find win-win as opposed to win-lose solutions for these transportation challenges. In conclusion, things are good here, and I believe we must and can keep it that way.  David Snyder is vice mayor of the City of Falls Church.

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NEWS BRIEFS F.C. Council Authorizes Bond Sale of $6.55 Million The Falls Church City Council voted unanimously Monday night to authorize the sale of $6.55 million in bonds to cover a wide array of capital improvement and other expenses, with the exception of two items, it had approved earlier this year. The largest single component is $2 million for a new HVAC system at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, followed by $1.135 million for stormwater improvements, with $600,000 for roadbed reconstruction, $585,000 for upgraded police radio systems, $500,000 for Fairfax-linked sewer system upgrades, $400,000 for traffic signals, $300,000 for fire station facility reinvestment, $218,000 for dump trucks, $195,256 for school buses, $190,000 for Arlington-linked sewer upgrades and $159,000 for police cars. The items added since the budget adoption in the spring are $115,256 for one additional school bus and the $600,000 for roadbed reconstruction which the Council added with a budget amendment. While no debt service will be due for the current FY2016 fiscal year, the estimated additional debt service will be $596,000 for the general fund and $174,000 for the City’s sanitary sewer and stormwater enterprise funds in Fiscal Year 2017, a total of new debt service obligations of $670,000.

Salaries Set for City Manager, Attorney and Clerk The Falls Church City Council voted unanimously the salary levels for the three City officials who answer directly to the Council, the City Manager (Wyatt Shields), City Attorney (Carol McCoskrie) and Clerk (Celeste Heath). The salaries OK’d are $173,843 per annum for Shields with a deferred compensation benefit of $8,000 per annum, $179,375 per year for McCoskrie, with a $5,000 deferred compensation per year, and $89,041 per year for Heath.

F.C. Police, Fire to Train at Closed Burger King With the Burger King at 700 W. Broad closed down and awaiting demolition later this month, the Falls Church Economic Development Office has reported that the City’s police and fire departments have been authorized to use the building for training purposes. A new Kensington Senior Living building with retail on the ground floor has been approved for construction at the site.

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S. West St. Detour Lifted The S. West Street detour in the City of Falls Church was lifted last Friday evening and the street is once again open to traffic. The road’s closure, part of a roadbed reconstruction project to repair the City’s stormwater infrastructure scheduled to start in September, began last week and was supposed to last two weeks but officials say, while work will continue, no additional road closures are anticipated for the time being. However, the southbound parking lane on S. West between Poplar and Laura drives will be closed. Following the Labor Day holiday, roadway reconstruction will commence and should be completed by the end of October, weather permitting, the City says. Once finalized, a detailed schedule with detours and temporary traffic pattern changes will be delivered to affected residents and posted to the City’s website at www.fallschurchva.gov/SWestStreet.

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New ‘Mason Row’ Plans Come to F.C. Council Sept. 8 The revised application delivered to Falls Church City Hall the end of July by the Spectrum Development LLC group for its 4.3 acre Mason Row project at the intersection of N. West St. and W. Broad has been under review by the City’s Planning Department, City Manager Wyatt Shields reported to the City Council Monday night, and should come before the City Council for a public presentation at its next meeting just after Labor Day on Sept. 8. Shields suggested the report would then be shipped out “formally or informally” to City boards and commissions for their review and recommendations, and come back to the Council for action by late November or December, when the issue of a final approval will come up for a vote. The new submission, which eases the impact of the project on Park Avenue and sets the hotel as a free-standing structure right at the N.West and W. Broad intersection, reflects the contributions of Spectrum’s new partner, Mill Creek Residential, the Dallas-based company formerly known as Trammel Crow.

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Community News & Notes F.C. Resident Hicks to Give Convocation Keynote Falls Church resident Ann Marie Hicks will be the keynote speaker at her alma mater Misericordia University’s annual convocation ceremony on Thursday, August 27, at 2 p.m. Hicks graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Misericordia, located in Northeast Pennsylvania, in 1965. She then got her master’s degree in education from George Mason University and taught for three years as the biology teacher at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, before serving as the chair of the science department and teacher at Bishop O’Connell High School until her retirement in 2003. Hicks is an established member of the Christian community of Northern Virginia, working with the Annandale Christian

Community for Action as the president, vice-president, Ruffing Scholarship chair and family emergency chair.

George Mason High’s Ned Quill Named All-American Edward Quill, a 2015 graduate of George Mason High School, made history as a 201415 Soccer All-American Scholar selected by the National Soccer Coaches of America Association. He is the first Mason athlete to do so and the only Virginian awarded with the honor this year. Earlier in the year Quill became the second athlete in the school’s history to be named Virginia’s All-State 2A Male Athlete of the Year. He has been a four-year starting defensive player for the Mustangs, three of those years leading the team to the state championship as captain.

Quill has been named first team All-District, All-Region, AllState and was both the District and Regional Player of the Year for the 2014-15 year. He was awarded the Arnold Siegfried Memorial Scholarship by George Mason and will attend Virginia Tech in the fall, where he hopes to play for the club program.

Creative Cauldron Gets Grant From Fairfax Co. Arts Council The Falls Church arts organization Creative Cauldron has received a project grant from the Arts Council of Fairfax County. The $4,149 grant will support the organization’s Bold New Work for Intimate Stages project “Monsters of Villa Diodati.” This original work will investigate the artistic minds behind works such as Frankenstein and The Vampyre. The “monsters” inside of each literary genius will

GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE NED QUILL (center) was honored as a 2014-15 Soccer All-American Scholar by the National Soccer Coaches of America Association earlier this month. The four-year starter for the Mustangs is the only Virginian named an All-American Scholar this year by the coaches association. Earlier this year, Quill became the second athlete in the school’s history to be named All-State 2A Male Athlete of the Year. (Courtesy Photo)

be released in the work, exploring the gothic creativity of all of these artists. “Monsters of the Villa Diodati” will have its first workshop reading on Monday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. before donors and supporters. The piece will run from Jan. 29 – Feb. 28, 2016, at ArtSpace Falls Church at 410 S. Maple Avenue. For more information, visit crowdrise.com/boldnewworks.

F.C. Students Earn Academic Honors Across the Nation Several students from Falls Church earned academic honors from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation during the spring 2015 semester. Jamie Calderon was named to the dean’s list at McDaniel College, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average to make the list. Kathryn Colarulli was named

to the dean’s list at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where students must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average to make the list. Laura Watson was named to the dean’s list with distinction at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where she’s a junior preK-4 elementary education major. Students at Grove City have to earn at least a 3.85 grade point average to make the dean’s list with distinction. Mitch Housman graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. Thomas H. Oostdyk graduated with Master of Divinity degree in pastoral studies from Lancaster Bible College. Matthew Schaffer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University. Paola Jimenez Vergara graduated from Lafayette College. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree as a international affairs/Spanish double major.

FOUR MEMBERS of the City of Falls Church Police Department played major roles in the recently-completed World Police and Fire Games in Fairfax County, and were honored at the F.C. City Council meeting Monday night. Chief Mary Gavin and officers Jenifer “Missy” Elliot, Thomas Polera and James Brooks were hailed for their efforts, with Chief Gavin winning a gold medal for her bracket in the triathlon. (Photo: News-Press)

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Mooney Wins 5th Annual Axe Throwing Contest

Falls Church’s American Legion Post 130 hosted its 5th annual Lizzie Borden Axe Throwing Contest on Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Post’s clubhouse at 400 N. Oak Street. Charles Mooney of Springfield won first place in the contest, for which he was awarded a medallion and the Golden Battleaxe Award. Lee Gyson of Falls Church came in second place, winning the silver medallion, and Eric Young of Fairfax was awarded a bronze medallion for third place finish. Leslie Dobson, the Fish Lady, sold food, snacks and drinks at the event, which started at 11 a.m. with practice throwing for beginners and more well-seasoned throwers. The formal competition started at 1 p.m. and, according to a press release about the event from Post 130, “it was clear from the outset that competition among the participants would be keen.” Due to the growing popularity of the event, Post 130 has scheduled another axe throwing contest for Saturday, Aug. 29, with a rain date of Sunday, Aug. 30. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 703-533-1945 after 3:30 p.m. or visit post130.org.

Medtech College Holds Second Semi-Annual Pink Out Medtech College’s Falls Church location held its second semi-annual Pink Out on Wednesday, Aug. 5, to raise awareness for breast cancer. The school held a Pie-It Forward fundraiser, during which students, staff and members of the public

could purchase pies to throw in the face of their favorite Medtech instructor or administrator. Katie Sue Van Valkenburg of the American Cancer Society came out to serve pies and recognize the school’s fundraising efforts with an award. The school has raised $1,718 for the American Cancer Society so far this year and over 50 pies were thrown at their latest event.

Master Gardeners Host Open House at Potomac Overlook The Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia who maintain the Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden at Potomac Overlook Park will be in the garden this Sunday, Aug. 16, from 1 – 3 p.m. to welcome visitors and answer questions about organic gardening, including how to control pests and diseases without the use of chemicals. The park is located at 2845 Marcey Road, Arlington. Visitors should walk beyond the Nature Center to get to the garden. No registration is necessary. For more information, call 703-228-6414 or email mgarlalex@gmail.com.

Trinity United Methodist Welcomes New Pastor Trinity United Methodist Church, located at 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, welcomed Rev. Keith Lee as their new associate pastor recently. Lee is joining Trinity United from Korean United Methodist Church of Greater Washington. Lee is a native of California and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Cornell

LO CA L University. He also attended Fuller Seminary, from which he received a master’s degree in divinity. His ministries at Trinity United will focus on Christian education and youth. Keith and his wife, Janie, are the parents of two daughters, Christine and Joyce. For more information, call 703-356-3312 or visit umtrinity.org.

McLean Community Center To Hold 2 Budget Meetings McLean Community Center’s governing board will hold two public meetings, one in August and one in September, on its proposed FY 2017 budget. Both meetings will be held at the Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. The first meeting, the Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole, will be held on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The second meeting, the Public Hearing on the FY 2017 Budget, will be held on Monday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Residents of Small District 1A-Dranesville who have suggestions, comments or concerns will have an opportunity to voice them at both meetings. At the first meeting, which will be chaired by the community center’s governing board’s treasurer Lathan Turner, the full board will continue its work on the FY 2017 budget, which began at a July 29 program committee meeting. At the second meeting, residents will have another opportunity to review and comment on the Center’s FY 2017 budget. District residents who wish to speak at the public hearing are asked to call 703-790-0123; TTY: 711, to have their names placed on the speakers’ list. For more information, visit mcleancenter.org.

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Football’s Bogus Settlement Thanks to the ham-handedness of the National Football League’s Hall of Fame, the inane “deflategate” scandal, which has been the dominant NFL headline this off-season, was pushed to the sidelines this weekend and replaced by a genuinely important issue facing the country’s dominant sports league and its players. That issue is the serious cognitive impairment that appears to affect so many former professional football players. The embodiment of that impairment was Junior Seau, the perennial All-Pro linebacker who was inducted, posthumously, into the Hall of Fame on Saturday. Three years ago, Seau committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest. He was 43 years old and had been retired from pro football for only three years. NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE His brain became part of a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health, which concluded that he had a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. This neurodegenerative disease, which scientists believe can cause depression, anger, loss of impulse control and poor decision-making, among other things, has been found in the brains of many deceased NFL players. Scientists like those at Boston University’s CTE Center, who are studying the condition, believe that repeated hits to the head can cause CTE. Because the Hall of Fame passed a rule in 2010 that forbids relatives of deceased inductees to speak at the annual induction ceremony – gee, I wonder why? – Seau’s daughter Sydney was barred from making an eloquent speech she had prepared about her father. Although Sydney Seau didn’t mention her father’s CTE in her remarks, she didn’t have to; reporters covering the controversy did it for her. CTE was also at the heart of a legal battle between the NFL and former players, who claimed in a class-action lawsuit that “the N.F.L. held itself out as the guardian and authority on the issue of player safety,” yet failed to properly investigate, warn of and revise league rules to minimize the risk of concussions. In April, Judge Anita Brody of U.S. District Court approved a settlement of the lawsuit. Although the settlement could put an estimated $1 billion or so in the hands of former players who are suffering from dementia and other brain diseases – money that many of them desperately need – the deal has been controversial. Some 200 players have opted out, and hope to bring their own lawsuits against the NFL. Lawyers for other former players are appealing the settlement, arguing that it doesn’t do nearly enough for players with damaged brains. And you know what? They’re right. The Junior Seau-Hall of Fame imbroglio prompted me to take a closer look at the settlement. One of the things I learned was that if Junior Seau were alive today, he would more than likely not have been eligible for compensation: Although he obviously had CTE, his symptoms of erratic behavior and depression aren’t covered by the settlement. The settlement will help former players who have dementia and Alzheimer’s get compensation, though the older they are, and the fewer years they played in the league, the less money they will get. But those with CTE, which seems to be the primary way playing football damages the brain? Not so much. The settlement, to be blunt, is a travesty. In her lengthy decision approving the settlement, Brody defended this aspect of the deal by saying that retired players “cannot be compensated for C.T.E. in life because no diagnostic or clinical profile of C.T.E. exists, and the symptoms of the disease, if any, are unknown.” But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the BU center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose CTE in living people. As for symptoms, the real problem is that plenty of people suffer from lost impulse control and depression without having CTE. Even so, the primary symptoms the settlement will reward financially are those that suggest cognitive impairment, rather than the behavioral and mood symptoms of CTE. “At a minimum,” said Stern, “former players whose behavior changes in ways that suggest CTE should have full evaluations paid for by the settlement. And treatment would be nice, too.” It’s hard not to view the settlement as the cynical effort by the NFL to contain its potential CTE liability; indeed, once the settlement is final, it will be nearly impossible for players – past, present and future – to be compensated if they are found to have the disease. Even the plaintiffs’ expert has said that only 17 percent of the roughly 21,000 former players who have become part of the class will ever see any money. Oh, and did I mention that the NFL has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over $112 million? It’s not the nation’s dominant sports league for nothing.

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The GOP & Obama’s Failure to Fail What did the men who would be president talk about during last week’s prime-time Republican debate? Well, there were 19 references to God, while the economy rated only 10 mentions. Republicans in Congress have voted dozens of times to repeal all or part of Obamacare, but the candidates only named President Barack Obama’s signature policy nine times over the course of two hours. And energy, another erstwhile GOP favorite, came up only four times. Strange, isn’t it? The shared premise of everyone on the Republican side is that the Obama years have been a time of policy disaster on every front. Yet the candidates on that stage had almost nothing to say about any of the NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE supposed disaster areas. And there was a good reason they seemed so tongue-tied: Out there in the real world, none of the disasters their party predicted have actually come to pass. Obama just keeps failing to fail. And that’s a big problem for the GOP – even bigger than Donald Trump. Start with health reform. Talk to right-wingers, and they will inevitably assert that it has been a disaster. But ask exactly what form this disaster has taken, and at best you get unverified anecdotes about rate hikes and declining quality. Meanwhile, actual numbers show that the Affordable Care Act has sharply reduced the number of uninsured Americans – especially in blue states that have been willing to expand Medicaid – while costing substantially less than expected. The newly insured are, by and large, pleased with their coverage, and the law has clearly improved access to care. Needless to say, right-wing think tanks are still cranking out “studies” purporting to show that health reform is a failure. But it’s a losing game, and judging from last week’s debate, Republican politicians know it. But what about side effects? Obamacare was supposed to be a job-killer – in fact, when Marco Rubio was asked how he would boost the economy, pretty much all he had to suggest was repealing health and financial reforms. But in the year and a half since Obamacare went fully into effect, the U.S. economy has added an average of 237,000 private-sector jobs per month. That’s pretty good. In fact, it’s better than anything we’ve seen since the 1990s. Which brings us to the economy.

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There was remarkably little economic discussion at the debate, although Jeb Bush is still boasting about his record in Florida – that is, his experience in presiding over a gigantic housing bubble and providentially leaving office before the bubble burst. Why didn’t the other candidates say more? Probably because at this point the Obama economy doesn’t look too bad. Put it this way: If you compare unemployment rates over the course of the Obama administration with unemployment rates under President Ronald Reagan, Obama ends up looking better – unemployment was higher when he took office, and it’s now lower than it was at this point under Reagan. OK, there are many reasons to qualify that assessment, notably the fact that measured unemployment is low in part because of a decline in the percentage of Americans in the labor force. Still, the Obama economy has utterly failed to deliver the disasters – hyperinflation! a plunging dollar! fiscal crisis! – that just about everyone on the right predicted. And this has evidently left the Republican presidential field with nothing much to say. One last point: Traditionally, Republicans love to talk about how liberals with their environmentalism and war on coal are standing in the way of American’s energy future. But there was only a bit of that last week – perhaps because domestic oil production has soared and oil imports have plunged since Obama took office. What’s the common theme linking all the disasters that Republicans predicted but which failed to materialize? If I had to summarize the GOP’s attitude on domestic policy, it would be that no good deed goes unpunished. Try to help the unfortunate, support the economy in hard times or limit pollution, and you will face the wrath of the invisible hand. The only way to thrive, the right insists, is to be nice to the rich and cruel to the poor, while letting corporations do as they please. According to this worldview, a leader like Obama who raises taxes on the 1 percent while subsidizing health care for lower-income families, who provides stimulus in a recession, who regulates banks and expands environmental protection, will surely preside over disaster in every direction. But he hasn’t. I’m not saying that America is in great shape, because it isn’t. Economic recovery has come too slowly and is still incomplete; Obamacare isn’t the system anyone would have designed from scratch; and we’re nowhere close to doing enough on climate change. But we’re doing far better than any of those guys in Cleveland will ever admit.

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‘Best of Enemies:’ How Vidal Bashed Buckley

“The Best of Enemies,” an Oscar-worthy documentary on a handful of screens across America now but guaranteed to be a first-rate resource when it hits the Internet for many a moon to come, chronicles the 10 extraordinary, unscripted, live head-to-head TV throw-downs in the Summer of 1968 pitting two of the nation’s premiere intellectuals, William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, against each other. Aimed at spicing up ABC’s coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions that summer, the debates were a nationwide sensation because of how the sparks flew between these two men whose faces came within inches of each other and who genuinely hated each other. Not like the canned, insufferably boring exchanges between nominal adversaries swimming in the same big FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS punchbowl of national politics and the major media these days, those exchanges in 1968 were raw, savage and produced, unexpected results, to say the least. But as commendable as the Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon excellent and timely documentary is, the seminal importance of the Buckley-Vidal encounters (they were more encounters than debates) was missed in their presentation and in almost every review of the film to date. The encounters represented an historical singularity, a single inflection point that tipped the national consciousness during that hot and intemperate August between the GOP conclave in Miami at the beginning of the month and the anti-war riots and police riot-filled Democratic one in Chicago at the end of the month. First of all, they were not composed of equals, Buckley on the right and Vidal on the left. Buckley had behind him the full power of the nation’s entire military and industrial establishment, the scions prosecuting the Vietnam War who, as instinctively if not actually most Americans sensed were responsible for the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy just months earlier, and for that matter, before that, of John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X. Vidal was a fitting adversary, but Buckley agreed to him because he thought he could eat him alive by his usual sophistic debating tactics that made watching his “Firing Line” TV show like watching fish being shot in a barrel. Vidal was vulnerable in Buckley’s eyes because he was a semi-closeted gay man, intellectually talented but, so Buckley thought, no match for the kind of erudite stabs and cuts that Buckley’s superior mental and verbal rapier skills would bring into play. Vidal, in my view one of the most under-appreciated figures in U.S. history, presented himself on the set with the eyes and body language of a lonely but brave and happy warrior, with really no one willing to back him up, a Gary Cooper in “High Noon”-ish type of figure. This was no debate of equals, this was David versus Goliath if ever there was one. Appreciating this makes what then happened so much more delightful and important, because Gore Vidal almost literally “tore Bill Buckley a new one.” Vidal was relentless in taking the fight to his enemy, catching Buckley in contradictions by having researched and quoting from his works, and with highly-charged verbal assaults. Buckley was on the defensive but fought back with his legendary skills of repartee. But then it got to the ninth encounter, on the eve of the final day of the Democratic convention in Chicago, on Aug. 28, as outside police were smashing anti-war demonstrator heads with billy clubs. Vidal scored his coup de grace by calling Buckley a “crypto-Nazi.” The close-up of Buckley’s contorted, enraged face at that moment, as he leaned toward Vidal, was like a nasty close-up of the Alien in one of those movies. He snarled, “Now you listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in your goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.” That was it. Vidal sank back in his chair with a slight smile. He’d won. Such filthy language was never spoken on TV in that era. Buckley was exposed and crushed. Millions of Americans attracted to the high-brow nature of this fight subsequently felt permitted to come out against the Vietnam War, generating new waves of mainstream activism that eventually sealed its fate.

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Nicholas F. Benton

 Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

‘Black Lives Matter’ & The GOP Only one candidate in last week’s Republican presidential debate was asked to directly address the Black Lives Matter movement, and that candidate was Gov. Scott Walker. Moderator Megyn Kelly asked Walker: “Governor Walker, many in the Black Lives Matter movement, and beyond, believe that overly aggressive police officers targeting young African-Americans is the civil rights issue of our time. Do you agree? And if so, how do you plan to address it? If not, why not?” Walker responded with an answer about sufficient training of officers “not only on the way into their positions but all the way through their time” and about “consequences” for those who don’t properly perform their duties. Both the question and the answer focused an inordinate amount of attention on police conduct and not enough on revealing that they are simply the agents of policy instituted by officials at the behest of the body politic. This deficit of examining systems exists all across this debate. It fails to indict society as a whole, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE as I firmly believe it should. It puts all the focus on the tip of the spear rather than on the spear itself. Look at it this way: Many local municipalities experience budgetary pressure. Rather than raise taxes or cut services in response, things that are often politically unpalatable, they turn to law enforcement and courts to make up the difference in tickets and fines. Some can also increase the number of finable offenses and stiffen the penalties. Officers, already disproportionately deployed and arrayed in so-called “highcrime” neighborhoods are then charged with doing the dirty work. The increase in sheer numbers of interactions creates friction with targeted populations and ups the odds that individual biases will be introduced. Without fail, something eventually goes horribly wrong. We look at the end interaction, examining the officers for bias and the suspect for threatening behavior, rather than looking at the systems that necessitated the interactions. Society itself is to blame. There is blood on everyone’s hands, including the hands still clutching the tax revenue that those cities needed but refused to solicit, instead shifting the mission of entire police departments “from ‘protect and serve’ to ‘punish and profit,’” as Mother Jones magazine recently put it in a fascinating article on this subject.

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Is it a coincidence that many of the recent cases involving black people killed by the police began with stops for minor offenses? This “fiscal menace,” as the magazine called it, is added to a system often already addicted to ever-improving crime numbers – a statistically unsustainable condition – and a ballooning prison population. To maintain the momentum, cities needed to crack down on lower and lower-level crimes, sacrificing more and more lives – largely poor and minority ones – to feed the beast. Public safety gave cover for a perversion of justice. In another moment during the debate, Kelly asked Ben Carson about race relations in America and “how divided we seem right now.” First, before the answer, I have a nit to pick with the question. The framing of the state of race relations as a “divide,” to my mind, creates a false impression, an equivalency. It suggests a lateral-ness. But this discussion is about vertical-ness, about hierarchy. It is about whether state power is being used disproportionately as an oppressive and deadly force against minorities – particularly black people – in this country. Carson responded with a prelude that seemed to label those demanding justice and equality “purveyors of hatred” seeking a “race war,” an outrageously exaggerated use of incendiary rhetoric. Then he said: “What we need to think about instead – you know, I was asked by an NPR reporter once, why don’t I talk about race that often. I said it’s because I’m a neurosurgeon. And she thought that was a strange response. And you say – I said, you see, when I take someone to the operating room, I’m actually operating on the thing that makes them who they are. The skin doesn’t make them who they are. The hair doesn’t make them who they are. And it’s time for us to move beyond that.” This was an eloquent exposition of the absurdity of race as a biological construct but also an absurdly elementary avoidance of racism as a very real social construct. I wish it were that people could all simply “move beyond that” at will, that they were able to simply choose to slough off the cumulative accrual of centuries of systematic anti-black negativity. But, that is not a power people possess. That is why when people respond to “Black Lives Matter” with “All Lives Matter,” it grates. All Lives Matter may be one’s personal position, but until this country values all lives equally, it is both reasonable and indeed necessary to specify the lives it seems to value less.

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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

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be needed. Governor McAuliffe noted that he wants the Commonwealth of Virginia to lead the way in energy efficiency, and become energy independent, across the nation. Interestingly, several new homes on the street have been built by alternative-education students who are learning trade skills, as well as developing new trade skills that will be in demand as “green” jobs take off in the future. The construction curriculum on Holyoke Drive was begun by the former Leary School, and continued by the Phillips School in Annandale. The students learn everything from excavating the foundation to laying carpet, and have made a huge difference in many lives, including their own. The new homes also are more energy efficient – tighter construction, thermal windows, more efficient appliances, and heat pumps in most cases. Dominion’s EnergyShare program utilizes some federal funds through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which operates across the nation. Energy conservation, reducing dependence on foreign oil and decreasing the cost of energy, especially for families in need, are among the goals of WAP, which also utilizes state and local agencies in the effort. Many of the energy-saving techniques can be installed as do-it-yourself projects, including weatherstripping, low flow showerheads, faucet aerators, and insulating pipes. Now is a good time to check around your house for places you can improve energy efficiency, before the cold weather sets in. The payoff might just be more comfortable living, and lower energy bills. .

Ninety degree weather may not seem ideal for a discussion about weatherization and energy efficiency, but humidity and high temperatures did not cool the excitement of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and the neighbors on Holyoke Drive, who gathered to celebrate Dominion Virginia Power’s EnergyShare weatherization program expansion. Homeowners Elmore and Bessie Jenkins handled all the hubbub with great aplomb, even when the governor and assorted visitors squeezed into their underground cellar to examine weatherization techniques as simple as sealing the joints in ductwork with heavy tape. Sealing leaky ductwork can improve energy efficiency and reduce heating, or cooling, costs by 40 percent or more, according to Community Housing Partners, the non-profit organization that selected the homeowners for the Fairfax County demonstration project. Mr. Jenkins is an Army veteran from the Vietnam era, and he and his wife have lived in their small house in Lincolnia since the 1970s. Dominion is expanding its EnergyShare program in response to Governor McAuliffe’s executive order that urges large utility providers to help lowincome customers with energy assistance. Work at the Jenkins home included insulating pipes, installing low-flow shower heads and faucets; a new oil tank; and a new window A/C unit. One of the most interesting, but unseen, exercises was the “blower door test” which sealed the entire front door in red plastic and installed a special fan that reduces air pressure in the house so technicians can see where outside air (hot or cold) is coming in. It almost looked like holiday décor with the wreath placed closer to the doorsill, but the test will pinpoint where additional insulation around doors and windows may

 Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov. S:11.5”

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The Republican leadership of the General Assembly has been foot-dragging all summer to avoid complying with the June 5, 2015 redistricting order issued by the Federal District Court of Eastern Virginia. The Court required the General Assembly to complete the process by September 1, 2015. On July 16, Governor McAuliffe issued a formal writ calling for a Special Session to begin on August 17, 2015 to address the problem. The Republican leadership objected and requested the Court to grant an extension of this date pending the outcome of potential U.S. Supreme Court review of a similar gerrymandering case in Alabama. On August 5, the Court denied the request for an extension. The key driver for the Court’s initial finding is the Commonwealth’s 7th District – represented by Congressman Robert Scott – which is drawn to include predominately black neighborhoods from Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond. For Republicans a critical by-product of this skillfully gerrymandered map has been to concentrate Democratic voting strength in Northern and central Virginia so that Republicans are able to win 7 of Virginia’s 10 Congressional seats with barely 50 percent of the total popular vote. It now looks like the Court’s action will force the issue, at least on the 7th district. But, I doubt that there is any interest among Republicans in drawing a congressional district map – or, for that matter, Virginia Delegate and Senate districts – that are not designed to accomplish underlying partisan objectives; that ensure that the votes of all Virginians have equal weight; and, that comply with Virginia’s constitutional requirement that “every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.” Virginia certainly needs a new redistricting process. Today, 21 states have put into place non-partisan mechanisms to draw their legislative district maps. Asking partisan legislators to draw district boundaries that are fair and equitable for the citizens is like asking pharmaceutical firms to charge fair and equitable prices for their new

drugs. It’s not going to happen. Frankly, Democrats have often led and are often complicit in the partisan process that we now apply in Virginia. For years we have been talking about creating a redistricting process that is open and reflects the interests of citizens, not the officeholders. Calls for the creation of a non-partisan commission go as far back as I can remember. But, this will not happen without considerable pressure from key stakeholders – including local governments and business interests and both Democrats and Republicans who are willing to take the long view. Which is to say, not any time soon. At the moment, partisanship is the order of the day. Speaker Howell – who is far from the most partisan member of the Republican majority – does play the game very well. His latest shot over the bow of Governor McAuliffe’s ship is the decision to contest the Governor’s appointment of Judge Jane Roush to the Commonwealth Supreme Court. Republicans have refused to even interview this experienced and wellregarded judge who resigned her former position as judge in the Fairfax Circuit and has been seated on the Supreme Court since August 1. Instead, the Republican majority prefers Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. It is unprecedented for the General Assembly both to remove a sitting judge and to refuse to support a governor’s interim appointment to the state’s highest court. And, not since 1901 has the General Assembly removed a judge from the Supreme Court. Democrats have asked that a hearing be convened to consider both candidates. Republican leaders stated that, “We’ve made a decision…[and] suggesting that other candidates be subject to the certification process is merely political theater.” I suggest that political theater is exactly what the Republican leadership is practicing.  Delegate Kory represents the 38th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. She may be emailed at DelKKory@house. virginia.gov.

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Coca Cola’s Quack Science Capitalism works well when it is highly regulated. However, it can become “crapitalism” when the drive to make money comes at a great cost to the public good. One prime example of “crapitalism” is the way the sugar industry hawks its addictive and harmful products. We should begin to think of the sugar industry as the equivalent of cocaine dealers. This industry had the good sense to realize that if you put the drugs directly into the food, rather than up a client’s nose, the public would confuse the poison with real food. An analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday found that 75 percent of men and 67 percent of women ages 25 and older are now overweight or obese. That’s a startling shift from 20 years ago when 63 percent of men and 55 percent of women were fat. Clearly, much of this has to do with the sugar industry – particularly soda companies, which are a primary delivery system for the dangerous junk. A New York Times story points out that the soda industry is alarmed because soft drink consumption is down 25 percent at a tine when there are increased efforts to tax sugary drinks. In response to this “crisis,” Coca Cola is funding a fake quack science group called the Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN). This Astroturf organization was created with Coke’s money to promote the false idea that drinking Coke doesn’t make one fat – it is mostly the result of no exercise. Yes, there is merit to working out, but most people don’t realize that they would have to walk 3 miles to burn off one can of Coke. If they drank soda throughout the day, they’d have to run a daily marathon to stay fit. The GEBN is trying to cloud the issue by downplaying the effect of poor eating habits: “Most of the focus in the popular media and in the scientific press is, ‘Oh they’re eating too much,’ – blaming fast food, blaming sugary drinks and so on,” the group’s vice president, Steven N. Blair, an exercise scientist, says in a recent video announcing the new organization. “And there’s really virtually no compelling evidence that, in fact, is the cause.” The New York Times story points out that studies backed by the food and beverage industry are five times more likely to find no link between sugary drinks and weight gain than studies whose authors reported no financial conflicts. They offer the example of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, which announced last week the findings of a study on exercise in children that determined that lack of fitness “is the biggest predictor of childhood obesity around the world.” The press statement included a disclosure: “This research was funded by The Coca-Cola Company.” It is not surprising that some researchers are willing to sell out, considering the substantial money Coke provides. They spent $1.5 million to help launch the Global Energy Balance Network. Since 2008, the company has also provided close to $4 million in funding for various projects of two of the organization’s founding members: Dr. Steven Blair, a professor at the University of South Carolina and Gregory A. Hand, dean of the West Virginia University School of Public Health. The researchers claim that Coke isn’t calling the shots – but their denial falls as flat as a month old bottle of stale soda. Records show that the Global Energy Balance Network website, gebn.org, is registered to Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta, and the company is also listed as the site’s administrator. Dr. Blair and other researchers tied to the bogus organization unconvincingly claim that since they are transparent about the source of the money, they have done nothing wrong. But the Times points out that as of last week, the group’s Twitter and Facebook pages made no mention of Coca-Cola’s financial support (until they were questioned about the omission.) “If we are out there saying it’s all about physical activity and it’s not about food, then we deserve criticism,” one of the shill researchers said. “But I think we haven’t done that.” However, the Times reported that a news release on its website contradicted this disingenuous assertion. “The media tends to blame the obesity epidemic on our poor eating habits,” one media release declared. “But are those french fries really the culprit? Dr. Steve Blair explains that you shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV.” This is a stunning example of “crapitalism,” where the desire to peddle french fries and sodas for a profit are elevated above the health and well-being of our children.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

Perhaps you read last week about hitchbot. He (it?) was the Canadianmade robot hitchhiker who, following months of successful intercontinental travel, died a mysterious roadside death from vandals in friendly Philadelphia. The sad Luddite tale hit home to a trio of my Arlington boyhood buddies. It seemed a high-tech update of a similar adventure we promulgated here at the end of my high school years. Our social experiment gauging the kindness of strangers involved constructing a fake hitchhiker using more-primitive technology. In the late 1960s and early 70s, I did lots of hitchhiking. It was an era when hippie romanticism combined with a need for youthful adventure when I had time on my hands. My free-loader travels eventually extended to nine countries in Europe. But that was after I’d learned the art of thumbing by journeying to friends’ college towns south of Arlington – embarking usually from the South Glebe Road entrance to I-395. I learned to converse with grownup strangers as I explored the world beyond my launching pad – hitching being a timetested adventure my own father embarked on after high school in the 1930s. I recall no fear of crime, which in today’s world appears naïve.

In the ‘60s, my carless teenage pals and I viewed hitchhiking as a way of redistributing the wealth and freedom of automobile ownership. So the four of us gathered in the basement of my parents’ home focused like scientists. Using a ping pong table as Dr. Frankenstein’s operating platform, we measured and cut two-byfours. We hammered them together to form a spine, two legs, a rear stand and two arms – the right one bolstered with a brace to extend it outward in the all-important pose. We pulled a pair of old jeans on over the hitchhiker’s skinny legs and wrapped a worn-out brown plaid windbreaker over his torso and still-flexible arms. Then we hammered more nails to stabilize the limbs before stuffing both garments with wads of newspaper. His head was a brown bag stuffed with newspaper and a silly grin drawn in magic marker, its artificiality disguised under a cheap fishing hat. The piece de resistance? An out-sized right hand molded in papier-mache to form the proverbial pointing thumb. Only problem was, when we stood our adventurer up, he towered eight feet high. We recited the phrase “Good enough for government work.” Cradled in his left arm was a Saran Wrap-covered sign reading “West.” Tucked inside was a “to whom it may concern” letter inviting any driver who pulled over to get on board the experiment and

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CRIME REPORT Week of August 3 - 9, 2015 Assault, 300 block Little Falls St. On Aug. 3, a male, 41 of Springfield, was arrested for Simple Assault. Larceny from Building, 308 S. Washington St. (Smashburger) On Aug. 4, police received a report that a wallet was stolen sometime on July 31. Smoking In a Non-Designated Area, 6757 Wilson Blvd. #16 (Le Mirage) On Aug. 5, a male, 46, of Lorton, was cited. Larceny from Building, 1000 E. Broad St. (24 Hour Fitness) On Aug.4, police received a report a wallet was stolen from a locker.

Larceny, 6751 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On Aug. 7, a cell phone was stolen during a private sale. Larceny from Building, 1104 W. Broad St. (Staples) On Aug. 7, a customer’s wallet was stolen from a carriage. Urinating In Public, 306 Hillwood Ave. (Lesly’s Restaurant) On Aug. 7, a male, 35, of Rockville, was arrested and released on summons for Urinating in Public. Driving Under the Influence, 200 block S. Lee St. On Aug. 7, an officer responded to the area for a report of an accident. One of the drivers, a female, 21, of Woodbridge, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence.

help deliver the hitchhiker to a friend’s address in Los Angeles. Just before dusk, we loaded him in the back of a station wagon and drove out to the Beltway at Balls Hill Road. Parking at an exit just before today’s I-270, we stood our guy convincingly on the shoulder and hid in nearby bushes. As my brother Tom recalls it, “That first car pulled over on the shoulder and waited about 20 seconds, then the front-seat passenger got out, whistled and motioned impatiently with his hand to come on down. Then he realized what it was. That was our belly laugh.” We never received confirmation that our eight-foot journeyman made it to L.A. But we like to think he met with a better fate than hitchbot did in Phillie. *** Is Arlington the East Coast Portlandia? Very similar, according to Tad McCall, a Westover resident whose father was the legendary Tom McCall, Republican governor of Oregon from 1967-75. The younger McCall, a retired Navy captain who advises the Defense Department on environmental issues, told me Arlington resembles Portland in that people “see the government as a force to better people’s lives, as partners working together, lots of citizen input and procedures that respect the rights of all.” He lauded the county’s successful handling of the Westover Beer Garden noise dispute, and applauded the election of John Vihstadt because the county board had “lost some of their connection to the community.”

Unlawful Entry, Destruction of Property, Cruelty to Animals, Possession of Narcotics, 300 block S. West St. On Aug. 8, an unknown individual forced entry into a residence. Police arrived at the residence and arrested a male, 18, no fixed address, for Entering Property with Intent to Damage, Destruction of Property, Cruelty to Animals, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Public Drunkenness, 6757 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On Aug. 8, a male, 42, of Herndon, was arrested for Public Drunkenness. Narcotics Violation and Public Drunkenness, 6757 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On Aug. 8, a male, 38, of Annandale, was arrested for Public Drunkenness and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Public Drunkenness, 6763 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On Aug. 9, a male, 37, of Lorton, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

Preschool Storytime. Stories, ﬁnger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday every week. This program is for ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. & 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034 Teen Book Club. Teens will discuss Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Copies will be available at the Youth Services Desk on a ﬁrst come basis. For those in rising grades 6-12. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

DMV 2 Go. Renew your driver’s license, get your hunting license, or update your address in the

DMV 2 Go, open to all. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 703-248-5450. 1-on-1 Computer and Internet Tutoring. Learn how to download eBooks and eMagazines, search the Internet, use social media, and more. Personalized sessions by appointment. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N Virginia Ave, Falls Church). Free. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Playdate Cafe. Parents and caregivers can enjoy coﬀee and conversation while children play while infants age birth to 18 months socialize and play with toys. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. Registration required up to two weeks prior to date. 10 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Sunset Cinema. Weekly screenings of family friendly movies in the park, with popcorn, snacks, and drinks available for purchase. Bring picnics and blankets and enjoy Animation Night featuring “Paddington.” Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8:15 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/ sunsetcinema.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors

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oﬀer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. This week will showcase a chef demo by Chef O’Grady at Willow restaurant, from 9 – 11 a.m. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8 a.m.—noon. 703-248-5077. Neighborhood Plant Clinic. Master gardeners will lead a clinic on horticultural tips and tricks for adults. City of Fairfax Regional Library (10360 North Street, Fairfax ). 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. 703-2932113. Build Your Own Composter Workshop. Participants will enter empty handed and leave with a fully built composter, all under the instruction of Northern Virginia Soil and Conservation District. Lumber, pickle barrels, screws, and bolts will be provided. The ﬁnished composter will hold up to 55 gallons of recyclable material. Limited to 15 participants, registration required. Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 1 – 4 p.m. 703-2485077.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

Mosaic Central Farm Market. Enjoy oﬀerings of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other local

products. Mosaic District (District Ave.). 9:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. 703992-7765.

MONDAY, AUGUST 17

Summer Reading Program at the Library. Today is the ﬁrst day to turn in your log and pick up prizes. Participants have until Wednesday, September 30 to turn in their log when the library is open. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). All day. 703-248-5034.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

Mystery and Suspense Book Group. The group will discuss I Will Have Vengeance: The Winter of Commissario Ricciardi by Maurizio De Giovanni. One More Page Books (2200 N Westmoreland St #101 Arlington, VA). Free. 7 p.m. 703-300-9746.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19

Writing Prompt Party. For all those who have participated in the Summer Reading Program Writing Challenge. Share your stories at the prompt parties and enjoy the stories of others. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

“The Fix.” When a popular presidential candidate dies in his mistress’s arms, his ambitious wife, Violet, immediately declares that if she can’t be the wife of the president, then she’ll be the mother of the president – and thrusts their lackluster son Cal into the spotlight in Dempsey and Rowe’s outrageous musical comedy “The Fix.” With the help of her strategic brother-inlaw, Violet transforms her son into the perfect citizen and ideal politician. Together, they create one of the most dysfunctional, yet brutally entertaining, almost-�irst families. Through Sept. 20. Signature Theatre (4200 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington). $40 – $72. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

“Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of

Fleet Street.” Landless Theatre Company’s production of this Stephen Sondheim musical thriller set in 19th century England has earned a recommendation from the Helen Hayes Awards. The musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, also known as Sweeney Todd, who returns to London after 15 years’ penal transportation based on trumped up charges, to take revenge on the judge who banished him. Through Aug. 30. Warehouse Theater (645 New York Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. landlesstheatre.com.

It’s Got to Be Love with Susan Derry.” A night of sparkling love songs from the same actress from “The Turn of the Screw” and Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera” in Germany. Susan Derry will make you feel the spark of young love throughout the night. Creative Cauldron (410 South Maple Avenue, Falls

Church). $18 – $100. 8 p.m. creativecauldron. org.

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“The Importance of Being Earnest.” SCENA Theatre’s hilarious production of Oscar Wilde’s classic premiers with a preview showing. The wildly successful farce is back by popular demand featuring cross-gender casting. This production of Wilde’s play is reset in the decadent, roaring ‘20s. The mischevious Jack and Algy have it all thanks to carefully crafted double lives... until love and marriage enter the equation. When true identities are revealed, will they live happily ever after? This version of the classic comedy of errors is being directed by Robert McNamara. Through Sept. 13. Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H. St. NE, Washington, D.C.). $10. atlasarts.org.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 D�� B�� F�� S�� L�� R�� C��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. S�� D�� EP R�� R�� S�� H�� D��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 in advance, $15 day of show. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. $5 C��. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $5. 8 p.m. 703-237-0300.

L�� L�� H�� L�� B��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $50. 8 p.m. 703-2551900. J�� G�� T�� D�� E�� B�� M�� O�� M��i. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. T�� B�� R��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. F�� F�� R�� F��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 9 p.m. 703-522-8340. T�� B�� M�� M�� M�� D. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $10. 10 p.m. 202-588-1889.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 I��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-532-9283. O��D��. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $15. 7 p.m. 202-588-1889. F�� 70� S��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 7 :30 p.m. 703-5228340. T��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $59.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. B�� D�� B�� L�� M�� T�� J�� C��. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $17 in advance,

$20 day of show. 9 p.m. 703-2370300. S�� L�� S��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. H�� I� H��: 2000’� D�� P�� DJ’� W�� E�� B�� B��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 9 p.m. 202265-0930. F�� U��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. L�� C�� S�� W�� JR N��. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $12. 10:30 p.m. 202-588-1889.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 R�� C�� U��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-532-9283. C�� R�� S��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 7 p.m. 703-5228340. A�� R�� A�� J�� T�� M��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566. E�� M�C�� (T��) �� J�� G��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $29.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. ABBA T�� C��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $42. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. T��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW,

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Washington, D.C.). $25. 11:30 p.m. 202-265-0930.

MONDAY, AUGUST 17 J�� J�� L�� S��: L�� B�� P��, N�� T��, M� V�� P�� S�� T�� C��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $15. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. B�� B��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 O�� S�� U� T�� 2015: T�� I�� A��, T�� H�� C��, D��, D�� P��, C�� B��, L�� C��, C�� 9, A�� M�� S�� J��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 in adance, $15 day of show. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. ZZ T��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $30 – $60. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. M�� W�� T�� N�� T�� B�� W��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 M�� F�� – N�� #1. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $22 in advance, $25 day of show. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. F�� V�� T�� F�� S��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $55. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

P�� A��... Friday, August 21 – Chris Sizemore “Only Imagine”. Chris Sizemore performs “Only Imagine,” a combination of music from his album, Only Imagine, fan

favorites and past shows. Sizemore, a veteran actor and singer, received a Helen Hayes Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in Resident Musical for his role as Enjolras in “Les Miserables” at Signature Theatre. He’s also been in three other Helen Hayes Awards nominated ensembles. His songs will sweep you oﬀ your feet as you enjoy a glass of red wine as Creative Cauldron’s 2015 Summer Cabaret Series continues. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church). $18 – $100. 8 p.m. 703-436-9948.

Friday, August 21 – Sunset Cinema in the Park. The 12th Annual Sunset Cinema continues with a double-feature. The night opens with a screening of

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” which stars Jennifer Garner and Steve Carrell and continues with a late night feature, the 1980s classic “Ghostbusters,” which stars Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics. Drinks, popcorn and snacks will be available for purchase. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8:15 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/sunsetcinema.

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B�� N�� N�� Pet Valu Holding Grand Opening Saturday Pet Valu is hosting a grand opening for its new Falls Church location in the Graham Park Plaza, 7249 Arlington Boulevard on Saturday, August 15. The event will feature an SPCA of Northern Virginia Cat Adoption Fair featuring kittens and some adult cats available for adoption from noon – 3 p.m. Pet Valu, a 35-year old pet store franchise, has one of the largest selections of pet food, toys and accessories in Canada and the United States. For more information on the SPCA of Northern Virginia or on Pet Valu, visit www. spcanova.org or www.petvalu.com.

F.C. Firm Named 1 of Area’s Fastest Growing Small Biz Gov’t Contractors Falls Church-based Chartis Consulting was named in the 2015 Washington Technology Fast 50 for the second year in a row. Washington Technology, a key news source for government executives, annually ranks the 50 fastest growing small business contractors in the government market according to their five-year compound annual growth rate. Chartis Consulting provides strategy, management, and engineering services to the public and private sectors to help clients achieve new mission capabilities and improve operations. For more information on Chartis, visit www.chartiscorp.com. To view the Washington Technology Fast 50 list, visit www.washingtontechnology.com.

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The Greater Merrifield Business Association is hosting a networking luncheon on Tuesday, September 15 featuring a presentation by Doris E. McMillon, the president and chief strategic officer of McMillon Communications, which provides media training services, executive presentation, and image branding as well as voice and diction coaching. Currently serving as a Prince George’s County Commissioner for the Cable Commission, McMillion was a top rated broadcast journalist for major radio and television stations in Detroit, New York and for WJLA-Channel 7 and Black Entertainment Television in Washington, D.C. She also served as the moderator for Education News, Parents Can Use, a production for the Department of Education and had roles, as herself, in “In the Line of Fire,” “Murder at 1600,” “Head of State,” “West Wing,” and “The Wire.” McMillion also co-authored The ABC’s of Media: Turning Negative News into Positive Press and the author of Mixed Blessing. The luncheon will start at 11:30 a.m. at Sea Pearl in Merrifield. For more information, visit www.greatermerrifield.org.

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Members of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce and the Falls Church City Council welcomed uBreakiFix to its new Falls Church location with a ribbon cutting on Friday, August 7. Located in the West End Shopping Center at 1071 W. Broad Street, the franchise repairs smart phones, tablets, gaming systems, computers, and “just about anything with a power button.” Ribbon cutting participants included local CPA Tung Tu, Council member Phil Duncan, Vice Mayor David Snyder, Angie Fisher, co-owner Kyle Fisher, Mayor David Tarter, Chamber Chairman Joe Wetzel, Council member Marybeth Connelly, Chamber staff Cathy Soltys, New Editions Consulting’s Shelia Newman, and uBreakiFix employee James Rogers. Not pictured is co-owner Kevin Fisher.  Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.

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Planning for All Ages & All Needs JEROME TENNILLE TRAINS FOR HIS 12-HOUR Adventure Trail Run to raise funds for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. He said that only a quarter of his training for the run is spent actually running. (Photo: News-Press)

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Jerome Tennille of Falls Church will run the ninth annual 12-hour Adventure Trail Run on September 19 to raise funds to benefit the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. According to its website, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors provides help, hope and healing to all those grieving the death of a loved one serving in America’s Armed Forces. “It’s regardless of the circumstances at death and it’s regardless of the relationship that loved one may have had with the deceased and that’s one thing that’s very unique about our organization,” Tennille said. Tennille joined the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors in 2012. He served for eight years in the military before joining the organization. Additionally, Tennille’s brother still actively serves in the military, as do many of his friends. He has been incredibly fortunate in that he has not lost a family member or close friend in the military. “I don’t know what I’d do if I lost any of them but I’ve been fortunate to not have to go through any of that,” he said. Tennille currently serves as the national coordinator of volunteer services for the organization. This will be Tennille’s second time running for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. Last year he ran the North Face Endurance Challenge in Great

Falls, a 50k race. Tennille ran that race in memory of Navy Commander Robert Goodwin who died in a car accident in June 2010. “I didn’t want him to be forgotten because he served our nation just like [other soldiers] and his death shouldn’t be taken any more lightly than somebody who is killed overseas,” Tennille said of his decision to run for Goodwin. Tennille fits well at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors because he understands the importance of giving help and support to those who lose service members in non-newsworthy ways. “There are so many people out there who die by suicide, training accidents, car accidents, risk taking behavior and you see these things far too often and they are dwarfed by other deaths that get national attention,” he said. Tennille considers the fact that these deceased get less recognition to be disappointing. Consequently, this year, rather than run in honor of one soldier, Tennille will be running the 12-hour Adventure Trail Run “in memory of all those who lost a loved one that served in the military,” he said. Tennille’s goal is to run 50 miles over the course of 12 hours. That’s roughly 4.2 miles per hour nonstop for 12 hours. “The way I would train for this is different because instead of having a distance goal for training runs, my goal for my training runs is time on my feet, so this Saturday, I ran for

about six hours,” Tennille explained of his preparation. However, a race like this is far more complex than simply building running endurance. Tennille must also change his diet and eating habits. “Over a 12-hour period, I’m going to burn about 7,000 calories,” he said. Yet over the same period, his body can only digest roughly 2,000 calories. “I’m already looking at a 5,000 calorie deficit for my run so I have to change my diet to make my body more efficient at burning my own body fat,” Tennille said. Prince William Forest Park, in Triangle, VA has a 10k figureeight track on which the 12-hour Adventure Trail Run will take place. This means that, should Tennille reach his goal of 50 miles, he will traverse the entire track more than eight times. But he doesn’t expect to get bored. “You’re running at such a pace anyways that you can maintain a good conversation with people and not get winded so that’s what I do. I socialize with people,” he said. Last year, he took that opportunity to talk to other runners about Goodwin. “When you talk about death and grief it’s never a light conversation,” Tennille said. “Very often, you sort of have to wait for somebody else to broach that conversation with you. This 12-hour Adventure is a perfect opportunity to do that. “There’s a certain social aspect to these ultras that you don’t get when you’re running other distances.”

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After Nearly 25 Years, Delhi Dhaba Thrives in Clarendon BY DREW COSTLEY

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With all of the change that’s been characteristic of Arlington’s Clarendon neighborhood over the past decade, one restaurant that has persevered has been Delhi Dhaba. The Indian eatery was established in 1991 by an family of Arlingtonians who emigrated from New Delhi to the United States in the ‘70s.

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2424 Wilson Blvd. Arlington 703-524-0008 delhidhaba.com Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. In India, a Dhaba is a restaurant or cafe found along the highways and on the outskirts of cities, towns and villages. Originally they were started by Punjabs to meet the demand for nourishment from truckers who wanted Punjabi food around the clock. Arlington’s Delhi Dhaba isn’t

on the outskirts of town, but it is along one of the county’s major thoroughfares, Wilson Boulevard. And to those who grew up in Arlington, at least in my generation of Arlingtonians, it’s a staple of Clarendon’s landscape. The restaurant’s most recent play at thriving in the new (read: gentrifying) Clarendon is a renovation the restaurant underwent in 2012. It definitely looks more modern now than it did then, even though they were updating their look from the ‘90s to now as opposed to the ‘70s or ‘80s to now. Delhi Dhaba’s menu size is about par for the course for an Indian restaurant. They have a bunch of options, more so than most traditional American restaurants, but not nearly as many as say Saran Indian Cuisine. Saran is closed for its own round of of renovations, though, so Delhi Dhaba is a good alternative if your favorite is the multi-region restaurant on Lee Highway. For example, their appetizer section is slightly smaller than Saran’s, though it has stand out dishes which distinguish it from its chief competitor in terms of food quality. It has a few dishes centered around papadum, an Indian crackerish bread, like the

Masala Papad ($3.95). The papadum is shaped to form pockets for a filling that mostly closely resembles pico de gallo in ingredients (diced tomatoes, onion and cilantro), look and taste. The Masala Papad is a refreshing, light dish, but the papadum tends to break, allowing the filling to fall out, onto your fingers – or your plate. I tend to follow in the footsteps of my mother who my father calls a “wild eater,” so the messiness of the dish doesn’t bother me, but diner beware of dribbling veggies. Delhi Dhaba’s Vegetable Pakora ($3.95) – an assortment of veggies breaded and deep fried – isn’t anything too special, though the spinach pakoras are the best I’ve ever had. My dining companion skipped the appetizers on a recent visit there, preparing herself for the Saag Chicken ($11.95), which is her favorite dish. She said that the Saag Chicken – boneless chicken cooked slow in freshly chopped spinach – was neither the best nor the worst that she’s had. She said it wasn’t the most flavorful, but not bland either. She also noted in the moments after our meal was over that no one ingredient stood out over the others. Delhi Dhaba, like many Asian restaurants, with the exception of

THE MASALA PAPAD at Delhi Dhaba is a refreshing and light appetizer, but it can get messy. (P��: N��-P��) Korean spots, have a bunch of vegan and vegetarian options, which are clearly delineated on the menu to cut out the guess work. Delhi Dhaba’s vegetarian menu is pretty big, but not all of the options are vegan. Among the vegan options is a Baigan Bharta ($9.95) that’s a satisfying substitute for Saran’s. It doesn’t have that same smoky flavor as Saran’s, but it’s still great, with a spiciness that grows exponentially with each bite. Still, the spiciness doesn’t overwhelm. Two other dishes on Delhi

Dhaba’s menu – the Tadka Daal ($9.95) and the Bhindi Masala ($9.95) – are good, but have different consistencies what I’m used to. The Moong Daal was chunkier than I remember and the Bhindi Masala was noticeably less saucy. Still, again, these dishes were way above average. Although it’s not at the pinnacle of Indian food in Northern Virginia, Delhi Dhaba is a great restaurant with more than decent service. It’s no wonder it’s survived all of these years.

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THE FALLS CHURCH ASTRO Doughnuts & Fried Chicken space, like in D.C., is small and more for carry-out than eating-in. (P��: J�� F��)

Get Ready, F.C., Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken Plans Friday Opening BY JODY FELLOWS

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A new era of indulgence descends upon Falls Church when Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken opens its doors in Idylwood Plaza this weekend. The Washington, D.C.-based restaurant plans to debut at 8 a.m. Friday and hold a soft opening through Sunday with a grand opening – and a threeday string of limited free food – set for Monday, Astro co-owner Elliot Spaisman told the NewsPress Tuesday. Located in the corner of the Route 7 shopping center, the new eatery specializes in doughnuts and fried chicken (both bone-in and fingers), naturally, but also combinations of the two using doughnuts as buns for sandwiches. Doughnut flavors include everyday varieties vanilla glazed, PB&J, maple bacon and crème brûlée along with rotating monthly specials (this month’s are black and white, Nutella, peaches and cream and salted caramel). “The crème brûlée is our most popular,” Spaisman says. “But the maple bacon is a close second.” The Falls Church store will serve a slightly bigger menu than its D.C. location with the addition of eggs, more add-ons for sandwiches plus a new side item exclusive to the F.C. spot: tater tots. The Falls Church space is small (but still larger than the District version), with only a few

stools along the walls and some outdoor seating available for onsite eating. Like in D.C., it’s really a more of a carry-out restaurant. For those who can’t wait until this weekend, a sneak peek of Astro is available at the Tysons Shake Shack all August long in the form of the burger joint’s Coffee & Doughnuts concrete which features Astro’s vanilla glazed doughnut mixed with vanilla custard and coffee marshmallow sauce. Astro is planning to hold soft opening hours at its 7511 Leesburg Pike location from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. this Friday through Sunday pending on internet connectivity. As of Wednesday afternoon, the doughnut shop’s online service was still intermittent but Spaisman and his team are training as if they will

be open at the end of the week. Up-to-date information on its status will be available on Astro’s Twitter and Facebook pages. A grand opening is set for Monday, August 17 at 7:30 a.m and during the opening week, Astro is giving out a bunch of free food. On Monday, the shop will give out 100 free salted caramel doughnuts when doors open at 7:30 a.m., 50 fried chicken doughnut sandwiches on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. and 50 five-piece chicken fingers will be given out on Wednesday beginning at 5 p.m. Astro’s regular hours starting Monday will be 7:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with chicken and sandwich sales starting at 11:30 a.m. daily.

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Ben Jaffe, the 44-year-old creative director of Preservation Hall and tubist/bassist for its jazz band’s touring group, readily admits that New Orleans has changed a lot in the almost 10 years since Hurricane Katrina. And that’s one of the things that makes Preservation Hall, with its mission to “protect, preserve and perpetuate” traditional New Orleans jazz, a vital institution. Jaffe, who grew up in the French Quarter where his parents started Preservation Hall in 1961, knows this. “We’re one of the most important voices in our city,” Jaffe said. “We’re sort of like a moral barometer for people. If people wonder [about] what the heck they’re doing, all they have to do is look to Preservation Hall for answers. Just ask yourself what would Preservation Hall do in this situation? That’s how I feel about it.” And what did the Preservation Hall Jazz Band do when the Hall, a building only assuming in its humility and maturity, had to close down for several months following Hurricane Katrina? They kept on touring, spreading the sounds created by Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Buddy Bolden. Eventually, the Hall opened back up and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the touring group and the revolving door group of musicians called the All-Stars who play nightly shows at the Hall, resumed their rigorous performing schedule of over 250 shows a year. But the impact of Katrina, Jaffe said, caused him to examine the wreckage and relics of his city. The results of this churning was That’s It, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s first album made up entirely of originals, released in 2013 on Sony Legacy. Like most of the great new jazz of today, it’s at once modern and traditional, remixing relevance into the sounds of the past. “Hurricane Katrina got me thinking about our past,” Jaffe said. “It got me thinking about

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND (C�� P��) our history and what we represented. And we’d done just about everything we could to document our history. We’ve recorded just about every song, we’ve performed in all the traditional styles, so there was really nothing left for us to do. Really, what’s left for us to do is create the next tradition. “And so I was looking back 100 years to Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Louis Armstrong and figuring out what the heck they were doing. They were writing new songs, I mean shucks, when those guys came along people hadn’t heard jazz before. They were creating jazz. So, that’s part of it. The Hall’s been carrying on tradition and that’s always going to be a part of what we do….[But] we also have a responsibility and obligation to make sure that the music that we create moving forward continues to be relevant to our city and our condition.”

Jaffe said that he, Preservation Hall, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band are on a mission. “Preservation Hall has lots of purpose. One of the things that’s central to what we do is we are all part of family legacies or dynasties that date back to the earliest days of New Orleans jazz, and it’s something that we all take very personally. These traditions that we grew up with in New Orleans,” Jaffe said. “And protecting the communities that provide this incredible music. It didn’t come out of the air. We didn’t learn this from a book. We were taught this by our elders.” Preservation Hall Jazz Band will be playing the music of their elders and the music of now, including new material they’ve been working on, at The Birchmere on Thursday, Aug. 13. • For more information about Preservation Hall Jazz Band, visit preservationhall.com.

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Jody Fellows – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding 

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me and sometimes quite unnerving for the youngsters when a cyclist passes at speed without TO any warning at all. Can I ask THE that the cyclists follow the signs asking that a warning is given when passing other people on grudges we might have regard- the trail? Continued from Page 6 Notwithstanding this coming the events in Boston have Mason High School. I’m writing long since been forgotten by my ment about the trail my wife and I are looking forward to visiting to voice my opinion on a very ancestors! However I hope you will par- your delightful City for a furimportant local issue. I have heard the recent don this visitor if, through your ther two years before our family debates on whether or not the paper, I can make a plea regard- returns to live in England. I am city should renovate or rebuild ing the trail. I go running on certain that when they return the high school within the next the trail and we also frequently they will take home many happy couple of decades and, from use it to visit Lincoln Park with memories of their time in Falls what I have heard, the majority our two young granddaughters Church. Dave Wiggins is favoring that the high school who are either walking or in a Worthing, England It is disconcerting for is adequate enough to last more stroller. PRIVATE LESSONS•DEGREED TEACHERS than a decade without being renALL INSTRUMENTS•ALL STYLES•ALL AGES ovated or rebuilt. As a student 416 SOUTH WASHINGTON ST., and someone who will soon be FALLS CHURCH spending their fifth year at the 703-533-7393 school, I believe there is need to create space and renovate it. With LESSONS • SALES the rapidly increasing population RENTALS • REPAIRS of the City, the high school will need more classrooms and space PRIVATE LESSONS•DEGREED TEACHERS in general to keep its population from overcrowding. Each year, the class sizes steadily grow from new residents and students in the U.S. from overseas. The space that is empty Best Burger • Best Lunch Spot • Best Vegan Food • Best Happy Hour now will soon be filled. • Best Live Music Venue • Best Kid-Friendly Dining Logan Nesson • Best Special Occasion Dining • Best Outside Eating Boy Scout Troop 895, Falls Church

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1. Modern cash register device

1. Modern cash register device 5. Based ____ true story 8. Places for mobiles 13. First word, maybe 14. Above zero: Abbr. 15. “Belle ____” (1992 Penelope Cruz film) 16. “American Idol” winner whose first name starts his last name 18. Like some castles 19. We 21. City mentioned in “Folsom Prison Blues” 22. YouTube video preceders, often 25. “I did NOT need to hear that” 26. Psychologist and coiner of the term “identity crisis” whose first name starts his last name 28. No rocket scientist 30. Ski resort grooming vehicle 32. Org. with a prohibited-items list 33. Go ballistic 35. Having dire consequences 37. Singer/actor whose first name starts his last name 42. Espionage novelist John Le ____ 43. Big bird’s grabber 45. Factory work: Abbr. 48. Laughed loudly 51. One way to record a show 52. Pal of Homer Simpson whose first name starts his last name 54. Drips in the ER 56. Rower’s need 57. “Now or never” time 58. Org. sponsoring the FedEx Cup

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1. Mischievous kid 2. Tuba note 3. “____ Wrong” (2014 Nico & Vinz hit) 4. Tyne of “Cagney & Lacey” 5. Den drugs 6. First half of a workout mantra 7. Org. 8. USN rank 9. “The Fountainhead” hero 10. Measure of brainpower 11. ____ Aires 12. Red Rock State Park location 15. Oil-rich land 17. Fate 20. Coffee that’s always faced backwards? 22. Fruity drink suffix 23. Almost any character on “The Big Bang Theory” 24. Cowboy’s prod 27. “... but is ____?”: Kipling 29. “____ fail!” 31. Volunteer 34. Ivan IV and V 36. Future counselor’s challenge, for short

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5. Based ____ true story

38. Speed trap operator 39. Malay for “human” 40. Mixed bag 41. PBS series since 1974 44. Fish ____ fowl 45. Former Golden Arches sandwiches 46. Many an opening shot 47. Ariana with the 2014 hit “Problem” 49. “I have no preference” 50. “Slavonic Dances” composer 53. Tattooed lady of song 55. Chinese-American fashion icon Anna ____ 59. When Stanley cries “Hey, Stella!” in “A Streetcar Named Desire” 60. Get back (to) 62. Hair-raising shout 64. Stubbed digit 65. Suffix with Manhattan 66. Coral dweller

61. One with a mortgage 63. Politician whose first name starts his last name 67. In better order 68. Nonalcoholic brew 69. Go to the polls 70. Sly one 71. Peeve 72. Spa treatment

8. Places for mobiles

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22. YouTube video preceders, often 25. "I did NOT need to hear that" 26. Psychologist and coiner of the term "identity crisis" whose first name starts his last name

LOOSE PARTS

28. No rocket scientist

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30. Ski resort grooming vehicle Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. © 2015 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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Critter Corner

BACK IN THE DAY

laz y The dog. c k q u i fox sly p e d jum e r o v lazy the g . d o is Now time the all for o d g o to cows

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e c o mthe to of aid i r t h e re. pastu w N o the is e t i m all for o d g o to cows e c o mthe to

20 & 10 Years Ago in the News-Press Falls Church News-Press Vol. V, No. 22 • August 17, 2005

‘Worldchangers’ Lend a Helping Hand This summer, 34 high school youth and their leaders from the Falls Church area joined with over 400 other high school youth from 23 other states for an eight-day construction project in Danville, Virginia,. This project was but one of the 28 different such projects across America sponsored by the Worldchangers organization, and combined the efforts of over 7,000 high school youth and their sponsoring churches.

It is no the timw e for g o all o cows d to go to the aid of the pa stu ir re. *** **

Falls Church News-Press Vol. XV, No. 23 • August 11, 2005

10 Year s Ago

Thr ow it up. Pour it up It now is the time for all go od cows to go the to aid

Developer Rejects Historical Group’s Request, Will Name New Project for Anti-Slavery Martyr A developer in the City of Falls Church with plans to construct a new, four-story building with nine affordable housing rental units designated for City teachers in the 400 block of West Broad St., has decided to name his building in honor of a local martyr to the cause of emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.

THIS IS TULIP (right), a pitbull who was found by a Fairfax County citizen in early June and taken to the County’s animal control department. After not being claimed for several weeks, the animal control department sought out the Fairfax County Police Department’s help in finding the owner, who put out an alert about Tulip in late July. Since then, the owner was identified, Tulip was placed in an animal shelter and adopted by a family who already owned a dog, the Fairfax County Police Department reported last week. Here she is playing with her new best friend!

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